Moodle Plugins directory: Course Archiver: Comments

Thursday, 19 February 2026, 3:40 AM - Joe Marino

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:40:59 GMT

by Joe Marino.

When I try to "Backup" a group of old "hidden" courses I am getting the error "...could not be backed up or archived."
I have tried to even only backup one single course at a time and it throws the same error, what could be causing this? I will preface this with saying I was able to backup other courses in the same category/folder before, so I know it did work at some point.
Thanks

Thursday, 6 February 2025, 5:51 PM - Juli MacArthur

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 09:51:19 GMT

by Juli MacArthur.

Hi, are there any plans for a full 4.4+ update? Our Hosts won't install this as it's failed some tests on our 4.3.8 and this plugin is an incredible resource! Thanks!

Thursday, 20 June 2024, 4:15 PM - BIANCA VAN BREDA

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 08:15:44 GMT

by BIANCA VAN BREDA.

Hi there, I am wondering if one can set up the Course Archiver to archive a course once the course has reached its end date. Has anyone had any luck with this? I.e. Set a course with a start and end date, and when it reaches the end date it is automatically archived by the Course Archiver.

Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 8:37 PM - Cathal O'Riordan

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 12:37:19 GMT

by Cathal O'Riordan.

Hi, I'm interested to know if it is possible to disable emails being sent from the plugin when a course is marked for archiving? My institution is applying a slightly different workflow, where all faculty will be notified where a particular segment (academic year, semester etc.) of the courses on our Moodle site will be archived and removed. I'll like to remove any additional notifications if possible. Thanks.

Thursday, 13 July 2023, 3:36 AM - Matthew Davidson

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 19:36:00 GMT

by Matthew Davidson.

Just released v4.1.4 which now includes a backup only feature.

Thursday, 13 July 2023, 1:47 AM - ALEXANDER ALMEIDA PEREIRA

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 17:47:36 GMT

by ALEXANDER ALMEIDA PEREIRA.

Can I use this plugin for bulk backup all the courses in a category without delete those courses?

Monday, 16 May 2022, 3:52 PM - Pete Stockley

Mon, 16 May 2022 07:52:09 GMT

by Pete Stockley.

Hi,

I couldn't find more information on this setting in the documentation. Can anyone advise on the following?

If I set "local_course_archive | timeinarchive" to 0:
a) does that mean the course will be moved directly to the Delete -category?
b) will a notification still be sent to the course teachers?

Thursday, 24 February 2022, 2:02 AM - Matthew Davidson

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 18:02:26 GMT

by Matthew Davidson.

Yes, I have a Moodle 4.0 version already working. Just haven't made an offiicial release yet.

Thursday, 24 February 2022, 1:58 AM - Ridhima Suri

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 17:58:42 GMT

by Ridhima Suri.

Will this plugin be available for Moodle 4.0?

Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 11:25 PM - Blair F.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:25:34 GMT

by Blair F..

Darn. I don't have that level of access, so I'll just do it a few courses at a time. It's still better than one at a time.

Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 9:16 PM - Matthew Davidson

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:16:00 GMT

by Matthew Davidson.

@Martin Božič - Yes, if you are running into the session timeout or a browser timeout issue, it is best to use the CLI part if possible. There is a bug where the course backup can halt a batch, but then when you try again it usually works, so it has been really hard to track down.

Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 9:10 PM - Martin Božič

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:10:55 GMT

by Martin Božič.

I guess it's better to use CLI tool for extremly large courses and large batches?

Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 5:45 AM - Blair F.

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 21:45:44 GMT

by Blair F..

I'm just wondering if others experience time-out issues. I am only able to archive MAX 6 courses at a time.

Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 8:21 PM - Lynn MacDonald

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 12:21:49 GMT

by Lynn MacDonald.

Hi. Posted this yesterday in the Community Forum, but it did not garner any responses. Hoping someone might be able to suggest what to do: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=423748

Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 1:27 AM - Blair F.

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 17:27:24 GMT

by Blair F..

Hi, all! I love this plugin! I'm just curious... why is there a maximum of 200 courses shown on the archived list?